Lucas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If any person shall "make use of any profane, violent, vulgar, abusive or insulting language toward or about any other person in' his presence or hearing, which language in its common acceptation is calculated to arouse to anger the person about or to whom it is spoken or addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault, [he} shall be deemed guilty of a breach of the peace . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hammond v. State · Lucas Et Al. v. Arkansas

2. ““As we construe § 41-1412 it is narrowed to ‘fighting words’ addressed to, toward, or about another person in his presence or hearing, which language in its common acceptation is calculated to arouse to anger the person about or to whom it is spoken or. addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault. We can conceive of no stronger ‘fighting words’ than those employed by the appellants in this case, and there is substantial evidence they were calculated to arouse to anger the officer to whom they were spoken or addressed. As a matter of fact the appellant, Fred Lucas, admits that if the mildest of the epithets employed by him, were directed to or about him, it would arouse him to anger.” 254 Ark., at 589-590, 494 S. W. 2d, at 708 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lucas Et Al. v. Arkansas